The Watergate Hearings: 40 Years Later

Thousands of interview notes, memos and other material compiled by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein during their investigation of the Watergate break-in were made public for the first time Thursday. Continue reading →

In "Watergate Plus 30: Shadow of History" on PBS, Jeb Stuart Magruder, a former aide to President Nixon, says he heard Nixon order the burglary of Democratic headquarters at the Watergate complex. Gwen Ifill discusses the new documentary with Magruder and Sam Dash, former chief counsel of the Senate Watergate Committee. Continue reading →

It started out as "a third-rate burglary" involving five men at a Washington hotel named the Watergate. It ended with the resignation of Richard Nixon from the Presidency of the United States. Continue reading →

"How high did the scandals reach and was President Nixon himself involved?" That was what the NewsHour’s Robert MacNeil, then co-anchoring with Jim Lehrer, dubbed "the ultimate question" as the program began its gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Watergate hearings on May 17, 1973. Continue reading →